Project Manager

"The role will be as a Project Manager working on the Transformation team within NFRR, Tax and Credit Reporting Operations. The key purpose of the role is to collaborate with business & support partners to deploy change in support of bank's Non Financial Regulatory Reporting (NFRR) capability which includes Transaction Reporting. Responsibilities comprise prioritizing, planning and implementing multiple and varied change initiatives which are either regulatory mandated or discretionary in nature.

The extent of the Transformation team's involvement in projects depends on the ownership, nature, scale and complexity of each. For some projects the team manages the initiative from inception through to implementation of the solution. For others, the team is accountable for just part of the project life cycle, such as production of a business case and requirements or co-ordination of user acceptance testing. In delivering a project, the team works closely with the Transaction Reporting Controls Group, Global Markets Operations functions, as well as other stakeholders including the Front Office/COOs, Technology, Finance, Compliance, Legal and Tax.

**Required Skills**:

- Problem analysis and definition
- Managing small to large scale projects
- Co-coordinating activities across the project team
- Identifying and managing project risks and issues
- Developing project schedules and milestones
- Maintaining project reporting on progress against plan and budget utilization
- Producing any other project or governance related documentation
- Meeting all global Change policies and requirements (ECM) consistently
- Running working groups and Steering Committees as required
- Managing acceptance testing in line with testing strategy where applicable
- Conducting post-implementation reviews in order to draw out lessons learnt and ensure benefit realization.
- Participating in the continuous improvement of processes and quality standards.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to build an extensive network across operations; requiring interaction with front office, support operations and technology.

Additional Responsibilities may include:

- Serving as a primary contact to senior department managers for critical change initiatives
- Communicating, influencing and negotiating to obtain or leverage necessary resources
- Creating a clear, coherent approach to guide effective program/initiative setup, execution, and control
- Ensuring clearly defined responsibilities and accountabilities for key program/project roles
- Integrating knowledge of end-to-end business process into program planning and decision making
- Encouraging the identification, escalation and timely mitigation of work stream and program risks
- Performing reviews of work streams and supporting technology activities

"- Significant experience working in project / change management
- Previous global markets / regulatory projects background advantageous
- Strong business partnering skills with individuals across the organization
- Desire to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Previous team management experience with small to mid-size teams
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently
- Management of strict deadlines
- Experience Agile methodologies"

"As a Project Manager your qualifications will ideally include:

- Educated to degree level
- Project management experience in Financial Services, especially Investment Banking
- Knowledge of structured project management methods such as PRINCE2 or Microsoft Solutions Framework.
- Product Knowledge: global markets products
- Knowledge of sales/trading and post trade processing

Planning and Organization
- Manages own time well, agreeing priorities. Multi-tasks effectively, works well under pressure and meets tight and changing deadlines
- Creates and maintains clear project plans and other project related documentation

Communication Skills
- Communicates clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing
- Confident when hosting a meeting or conference call
- Ability to engage positively with other individuals and teams quickly to deliver on business requirements

Business Results
- Anticipates risks and obstacles and devises plans to manage them
- Pursues aggressive goals and continuously raises performance expectations to achieve excellence
- Challenges the status quo and seeks opportunities for improvement
- Holds others to account for their responsibilities
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Personal Effectiveness
- Takes personal ownership for delivering superior services
- Maintains a constructive, positive outlook even when plans are thwarted
- Demonstrates a genuine interest in understanding how things work and a desire to make improvements
- Holds others to account for their responsibilities
- Demonstrates the desire for continuous personal improvement"

Business Results
- Anticipates risks and ob